Archive for 2007



stains 29 Comments

The needle gently cajoles a tune out of the scratchy analog of the vinyl LP. A non-descript instrumental slowly makes itself comfortable within the dingy confines of the studio basement that I have casually convinced myself to call a home. A very lose definition of said ‘home‘ is a rickety futon, a bookshelf sporting the [...]

Cover Charges r Lame! 74 Comments

Have you ever had friends visiting you from out of town, and you decided to take them on a night out only to discover that there is $$ cover charge at the door? Even worse, there is a friggin long line to get in…that’s ludicrous!! In the past few years I’ve lived in the metro [...]

Romance Ethio style 279 Comments

There’s romance then there’s romance Ethio style. How he addresses me and talks to me in both Amaregna and English in itself leaves me speechless. When he say’s yene konjo, nefse, or ewedeshaleu it melts the skin off of me but I’m not selfish I give as much as I receive if not more. I [...]

Ethiopian Meatballs 947 Comments

I like integrating American food with Ethiopian. One of the things I remember growing up was the mini meatballs on toothpicks that were served Hors d’œuvre like at wedding and birthday parties. We would always have them and gibjza’s in our place… I really loved them, and everyone I know loved them too; they disappeared [...]

few Clicks 478 Comments

Bernos values natural aesthetic when it comes to our shirts. Thus we use provocative photography to show the Bernos t-shirts concepts. We use American Apparel, which is known to produce the most comfortable clothing in the world. In this album you can see evocative images captured by Beshou, from the latest release of the Bernos [...]